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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
My theory is that if they want electric cars to become the norm, they need to design them with standardized removable batteries and provide a service where you can pull into a station and they will exchange the batteries within about 5 minutes. Too many people are not willing to wait around while their car recharges. And, most people don't even have access to a charging station at home. I think that only about 4 percent of the cars on the road are electric. If they cannot reduce the charging time, the industry is doomed to failure.
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Tesla tried that, they developed a station that did it faster than a gas fill up. It never caught on because people never ended up needing a battery before they could use their home charger. Another issue is different cars need different size batteries.
Unless you drive more than 250 miles a day you really don’t need a fast charge or battery swap. You can get 22 miles per hour charging a model 3 tesla with the included charger on a clothes dryer outlet.
With the latest fast chargers out on the road your getting close to 1000 miles per hour, with improving battery and charging technology it will be even faster in the future. Right now the gas car is superior on long trips, but electric is catching up.